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In 2009, during which greater than thirteen million folks took a cruise, there were 9 reported norovirus outbreaks on cruise ships. Outbreak investigations by the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have proven that transmission amongst cruise ship passengers is primarily individual-to-individual; potable water provides haven’t been implicated. The foyer group International Cruise Victims Association, based mostly in Arizona, pushes for extra regulation of the cruise business, and supports victims of crimes dedicated on cruise ships. As a result, cruise ships have carried out numerous security measures. The ship’s high-stress fire hoses can be utilized to maintain boarders at bay, and often the vessel itself may be maneuvered to ram pirate craft. A recent technology to deter pirates has been the LRAD or sonic cannon which was used in the successful defense of Seabourn Spirit.

NBC News spoke with nine present and former cruise ship workers from around the world about their experiences and what it’s been prefer to work in an business that has been severely affected by the pandemic. The staff we spoke with declined to be named for concern of retribution from the cruise line firms that employ them. Since 2000, 284 people have fallen …